Dear Rhonda,
I'm praying for Ben and for you.
I pray that he gets to do the treatments at the hospital where he
wants to do them.
Lovings and squeezings for you both.
Love,
Pat Ferguson
At 10:45 PM 6/8/2006, you wrote:
>The girls, Jenna and Christa have ajob now at a store called Fred's don't
>know if you guys hae them where you live, a step above a dollar store I
>think. Anyway, Ben and I have been thinking, and talking, and since they
>both will be gone, and I can't see anything at all, and Ben only some and at
>other times less, we thought the in clinic type of dialysis would be best
>for us.
>Jenna and Austin our new married couple are moving soon in to an apartment,
>Christa our soon to be college freshman is thinking about moving in to some
>college apartments!!
>The center told us that Medicare pays for the at home dialysis from day one,
>but the in clinic kind after the third month. I explained our situation to
>them, and they are rather insistant that Ben could do this by himself. He
>doesn't want to, and really wants to do the clinic dialysis. I understand
>from reading Medicare literature on the SSI site that Medicare will go back
>three months once it starts...so I am trying to just get these people to
>listen to what Ben wants.
>Since Ben is diabetic, and has little feeling in his fingers, and his
>vision is not good, I really can't see why there is any debate about the
>issue. Can't a patient decide which options he wants when it comes to what
>he feels is best for his personal situation?
>Well, getting all the social work practice I need this week, diplomacy too!!
>*smile*
>Rhonda
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